CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE:
For hours on Christmas night, Campbell County Sheriff deputies’ blue lights lit this trailer park on Cog Lane.
Anita Murphy is fearful there may be more suspects out there. She said she got a call from her mother.
“She was hysterical, screaming: ‘gunshots, trailer, man’s been shot. The phone went dead. Me and my husband rushed from our home,” Murphy said.
When Murphy arrived, she saw a man lying on the ground and police had a home taped off.
Murphy’s mother lives next door to where investigators say a man was shot to death.
“She seen a few people running in the home. And they ran back out and then she heard the gunshots and seen the flash from the gun. And she ran to the bathroom calling the police,” Murphy said.
Campbell County Sheriff deputies arrested Michael Lee Langford and charged him with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Neighbors who live in the trailer park said it’s a quiet area, but believe this incident was drug-related.
They want to see more police in their neighborhood.
“I hope law enforcement comes through and gets the drugs and alcohol out of here,” Murphy said.
“It’s still a safe community. Just got to get more patrols coming through and start enforcing it more,” said Chad Lee, whose father lives near the site of the shooting.
While 10 News was at the home, a woman who identified herself as the victim’s sister came to the house to pick up a dog. She wouldn’t speak to us. But Murphy who was also there said, “I’m sorry for the victim. Senseless crime everywhere. It was Christmas day, Christmas night. Nobody deserves to die that way.”
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Campbell County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened on Christmas Day.
Deputies responded to a shots fired call at a mobile home park on Cog Lane in Lynchburg on Tuesday. When they arrived, they found a person who had been shot to death.
Michael Lee Langford was arrested in the early morning hours Wednesday. He is charged with second-degree murder and the use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Neighbors that spoke to 10 News said it's normally a quiet area and suspect it was drug-related.
"I want it away from me," said Meredith Chapman, who lives in the mobile home park. "I don't want it around my children. When you have drugs, you have violence, most of the time."
Anita Murphy said she got a call from her mother, who lives next door to the home where investigators say a man was killed.
"She was hysterical, screaming, 'gunshots, trailer, man's been shot.' The phone went dead. Me and my husband rushed from our home," Murphy said.
When Murphy arrived, she found police had the home taped off and she saw a man lying on the ground. Her mother said she saw a few people running in the home.
"She heard the gunshots and seen the flash from the gun," Murphy said. "She ran to the bathroom calling the police...I'm sorry for the victim....It was Christmas night, nobody deserves to die that way."
A woman who identified herself to 10 News as the victim's sister came to the home to pick up a dog. The sheriff's office has not yet released the name of the victim.